Most Influential of 2026
Most Influential 2026Right Now
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Donald TrumpUS President
Elon MuskTesla / SpaceX / X
Mark ZuckerbergMeta CEO
Sam AltmanOpenAI CEO
Jensen HuangNvidia CEO
Tim CookApple executive chairman
Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO
Dario AmodeiAnthropic CEO
Demis HassabisGoogle DeepMind chair / Alphabet chief scientist
Taylor SwiftPop star
BeyoncePop star
Bad BunnyLatin pop / Spotify #1
Kendrick LamarRapper
Caitlin ClarkWNBA star
Simone BilesGymnast
Serena WilliamsTennis legend / entrepreneur
Ed SheeranPop singer
Scarlett JohanssonActress
Demi MooreActress / The Substance
Snoop DoggRapper / entrepreneur
JD VanceUS Vice President
Claudia SheinbaumMexico President
Friedrich MerzGermany Chancellor
Ahmed al-SharaaSyria President
Yulia NavalnayaRussian opposition
Maria Corina MachadoVenezuelan opposition
Robert F Kennedy JrHHS Secretary
Tedros AdhanomWHO Director-General
Lee Jae-myungSouth Korea President
Howard LutnickCommerce Secretary
Russell VoughtOMB Director
Javier MileiArgentina President
Lisa SuAMD CEO
Ted SarandosNetflix co-CEO
Lorne MichaelsSNL creator
YoshikiJapanese musician
Kristen BellActress
Rashida JonesActress / producer
Blake LivelyActress
Nikki GlaserComedian / TIME100 2026 cover
Bobbi BrownBeauty entrepreneur
Reshma KewalramaniVertex CEO
Pope Leo XIVPope / first American
Vladimir PutinRussia President
Xi JinpingChina General Secretary
Volodymyr ZelenskyUkraine President
Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael Prime Minister
Narendra ModiIndia Prime Minister
Emmanuel MacronFrance President
Zoe SaldañaActress / TIME100 2026 cover
Wagner MouraActor / TIME100 2026 cover
Luke CombsCountry star / TIME100 2026 cover
Mark CarneyCanada Prime Minister
Sanae TakaichiJapan Prime Minister
Zohran MamdaniNew York City Mayor
Gwynne ShotwellSpaceX president- Daniela AmodeiAnthropic president
MrBeastYouTuber / entrepreneur
JennieBLACKPINK / solo star
Dakota JohnsonActress
Claire DanesActress
Benicio del ToroActor
Scottie SchefflerGolfer
Chloe KimSnowboarder
Lando NorrisF1 world champion / McLaren
Hilary KnightHockey / PWHL
Ralph LaurenFashion designer
Victoria BeckhamFashion designer